Alien Relic Hunter

"The Ninth Armored Division was completely wiped out! The Tenth Armored Division suffered heavy losses! The Special Engineering Force was completely wiped out! Preliminary estimates of the number of casualties are more than 8,000! Brigadier General Aliyev, the commander of the Ninth Armored Division, was also killed!"

"Let all troops retreat fifteen... no, retreat twenty kilometers!" Terenz hissed, "Immediately ask the information department to establish a data model of the target and calculate the maximum attack range of the target - in addition, let the air force fleet Also increase the altitude and keep a safe distance of more than 10,000 meters from the target!"

The fusion tentacles of the giant erosion seed stretch out to a length of more than ten kilometers, which means that it can even use its tentacles to attack battleships at an altitude of 10,000 meters.

Of course Terenz knew clearly that letting the troops retreat now would be equivalent to giving the initiative to the heretic sect... But if he didn't do this, I'm afraid the entire main force would be destroyed by the attack of the fusion tentacles.

He never expected that the heretical sect did not even use the defense facilities of the ancient copper city ruins. It only relied on a giant erosion seed to stop the army's attack and inflict a heavy blow to the field army.

Counting the troops that had previously broken into the combat area to attract the tentacles, less than an hour after the war started, the number of casualties had exceeded 10,000... You must know that in the past five years, the total number of casualties in the field corps combined , nor did it reach five figures.

Terenz clenched his fists, and the next second he realized that his palms were filled with sweat - this was going to be a hard fight. Although he had been mentally prepared from the beginning, the difficulty of the fight was , it still greatly exceeded his expectations... Even in the first few years after the Ark landed on Alpha Planet, the classic battle cases that were included in the military school textbooks, there was no case where tens of thousands of people were lost in the first hour of the battle.

Not to mention whether they can win miserably... Terenz looked at the overall situation on the battlefield, and he couldn't even see a glimmer of hope of victory.

Those who voted against... Terenz glanced at the old lieutenant general next to him without trace... maybe they were right.

This is an unwinnable war, a "must not do" - no matter how hard they try, they can't achieve it.

But he is a soldier, and soldiers can only obey orders. He can order the troops to retreat twenty kilometers, but he cannot make them withdraw to the Ark and the base. It is true that he is the commander, but he does not have the power to end this battle. .

Terenz didn't have time to find a tissue. He directly pulled up a corner of his cloak to dry his sweaty palms, and then put his hands on the touch screen again.

"Let the heavy artillery force and the second fleet stay and use firepower to contain the giant erosion seeds. The remaining troops are divided into left and right wings, bypassing the battlefield directly in front, and rendezvousing with the 20th and 27th Infantry Divisions."

He rarely used "gamble" to direct battles, but this time, he had to gamble.

If the heretical sect focuses its defense on the front of the ruins of the Ancient Bronze City, and only sets up a small number of blocking troops or no combat forces in other directions outside the city, then it will be considered a win, otherwise it will be a full bet. All lose.

Terenz hated the feeling of betting on uncertain events, but now he could only do this.

Time was so tight that they didn't even have the chance to conduct early reconnaissance - even if it was a surprise attack, doing so was definitely a taboo for military strategists...

"Why are the undead crew so anxious to launch an attack on the ruins of the Ancient Copper City?" A question flashed through Terenz's heart, but it was immediately thrown out of his mind - he was just a soldier, he He only needs to obey the orders and direct the battle. Other things are not something he needs to consider.

Even if this is a battle destined to fail.

Cannonballs, missiles, lasers, and plasma kept falling on the giant erosion seed. However, compared to its huge size, the trauma these attacks could cause was too insignificant, not to mention that it would only take a few minutes. , the limbs torn apart by the shrapnel will heal, and the tissue burned black by the plasma will fall off on its own and return to its original state - the new limbs not only do not become weak, but also grow layers of scaly proliferative tissue. The originally injured area was tightly protected.

This giant erosion seed... it is evolving during the battle, and any trauma will trigger the adaptive adjustment of its body... If the battle continues like this, it will only become stronger and stronger.

To use that old saying that seems a bit vulgar, it is - "Whatever doesn't kill it makes it stronger!"

Terenz quickly realized this problem and called off the attack of the heavy artillery force and the Second Fleet.

For the first time since he graduated from the military academy with perfect grades and immediately joined the field corps, he regretted his command and operation - if he hadn't used a crystal energy bomb to lift the surface of the ground just now, maybe he wouldn't have done so. If the giant erosion seed undergoes such obvious changes, those fusion tentacles will not appear, and the 9th Armored Division will not be completely annihilated at this point in time.

At the cost of losing the entire "Ronin" squad and more than a thousand soldiers killed in battle, the result was that the enemy became stronger - this "exchange" was unacceptable to him.

"Aren't you going to invest in active ammunition for suppression?" the old lieutenant general asked, "Judging from the previous attack by the Ronin team, the active cells of the flesh-eating worm have a very obvious restraint effect on this monster - although it is very strong, it has It is still a mutant species of the Corrosion Seed, and has the weaknesses common to the Corrosion Seed."

"No." Terence flatly refused, "We can no longer waste precious resources on meaningless battles. If the troops can break into the ruins of the Bronze City from both wings, they will directly face the enemies of the heretical sect. I can't let them fight unkillable monsters with conventional weapons."

"Then if this giant erosion seed starts to move..."

"Then wait until it starts to move." Terenz gritted his teeth and said, "I hope it rushes towards my command post now - as long as it can lure this monster away, even if I use myself as bait does not matter!"

"Transfer the command of all remaining drone units to me! The heavy artillery unit and the second fleet withdraw from the frontal battlefield and turn to support the friendly forces on both wings!" He issued a new order.

"In this way, only the headquarters and the guards directly under the headquarters are left on the frontal battlefield." The old lieutenant general said, "It is too dangerous to do this."

"You should get out of here quickly." Terenz took off his windy cloak and general uniform, walked quickly to the wall, and took out the combat uniform and helmet hanging in the equipment cabinet, "Also, if I was killed in battle, please transfer the command directly to the hands of the Undead Crew... I think they must be watching this battlefield closely at this time."

"Are you really going to use yourself as bait?" the old lieutenant general said anxiously, "No, doing this is against the regulations - you have a more important command task, and if you die in battle, the army will instantly fall into chaos! "

"Then if the giant erosion seeds retreat towards the ruins of the Ancient Copper City, do you think we still have a chance to invade the ruins?" Terenz retorted, "Without the commander, at least the combat power of the large army can be retained. , if I lose them, what’s the use of me as a polished commander?”

"The giant erosion seed obviously has a high IQ. I even suspect that it is directly controlled by people from the heretical sect." Terenz continued, "If they knew that this battleship was the commander's flagship, they would definitely Prioritize me as a target, so——"

Before Terenz finished speaking, the veteran lieutenant general had already taken the helmet from his hand and put it on his head.

"The army cannot be without a commander. If you want to set up a decoy, I can be the one to do it." The old lieutenant general suddenly straightened his back. Only then did Terenz realize that this old general, who was originally a bit rickety, , the height is actually nearly 1.85 meters. When standing completely upright, he is less than half a head taller than himself.

"The escape boat has been arranged for you, and the backup command and communication system has been moved there." The old lieutenant general looked at Terenz steadily, "You are the one who should leave."

"But……"

"Stop talking nonsense, this is not your style." The old lieutenant general said, "It is never old people like me who create a new era. Our final value is to become a stepping stone for young people, to hold them up and let them To climb to higher places.”

"..."

"I don't know if this battle can be won. If you don't even have a chance of winning, then there's even less hope if someone else takes charge."

"...I understand." Terenz bit the tip of his tongue and nodded vigorously.

"Ha, I didn't expect that this dead firewood of mine could burn again at the last moment..." The old lieutenant general suddenly smiled at Terenz and closed the visor of his helmet.

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Hundreds of kilometers away from the battlefield, Ke Lan and the others were still moving forward in the collapsed tunnel - relying on the strong power of the Blasphemer mecha, the rubble blocking the tunnel did not become an obstacle. They and the ruins of the Ancient Bronze City The distance between them is also shrinking little by little.

"Under the rocks directly in front, it seems that human bones are pressed." Valentina's voice rang in the team's communication channel. Ke Lan immediately signaled her to stop, and then Ke Lan jumped directly from the mine car. He came out and walked to the place where the bones were found.

This is indeed a human skeleton. Judging from the equipment and uniform fragments scattered around the deceased, it should be a member of the elite support team sent into the tunnel to perform search and rescue missions after the Gopher Team lost contact.

Calculating time, it has only been a few hours since his death, and the white bones in front of him look like someone who has been dead for several years. Even the soft tissue between the bones has been eaten away. ——According to the natural decomposition rate of the corpse, it will take at least one to two years for microorganisms to decompose all these things, and it must be in an environment suitable for the growth of microorganisms.

"These people were killed by those black beetles, right..." Layton drove Augustus up, "It feels like they were attacked by army ants, there is no flesh and blood left... …”

"Yes." Ke Lan nodded, "Probably. By the way, have you contacted the main force?"

"The interference on the frontal battlefield is still very strong, but the people at the mining base said they successfully made contact with the 15th Division." Layton said.

"Isn't the Fifteenth Division a unit placed on the frontal battlefield?" Ke Lan recalled the assembly diagram that he had glanced at before. "Since the mining base has successfully contacted the Fifteenth Division, it means that they have left. Return to the original position?"

"Yes." Leighton nodded, "According to the liaison officer of the 15th Division, they are performing a roundabout mission, changing from attacking the ruins from the front to moving to the two wings."

"Split the troops? No...it's not like splitting the troops. It's impossible to turn the troops to the two wings on the frontal battlefield when the battle is tight... That can only mean one thing. The commander of the main force has probably given up on the frontal battlefield! " Ke Lan analyzed immediately.

"Abandon the frontal battlefield? No way?" Leighton exclaimed, "Can't hundreds of thousands of people kill a corrosive seed? Leviathan successfully conquered it with just a fleet, but now it's in the hands of that commander We have at least the main force of three fleets in our hands, can’t we defeat them all?”

"The two cannot be compared... Seed of Corrosion, if there is not enough restraint, it can multiply and regenerate infinitely." Ivan said, "Even if the commander lets all the main warships of the three fleets crash into it, , the erosion seed can still recover as before in a very short period of time. Only the active cells of the flesh-eating worms, or those special stones brought back by Ke Lan, can kill this creature."

As Ivan spoke, he subconsciously touched the grooves on his mechanical prosthetic limbs embedded with stalagmite fragments.

Whether it is the active cells of carnivorous worms or stalagmite fragments from seafloor caves, these things are like water to fire to erosion seeds - although in most people's perception, water is It can be used to put out fires, but when the gap between the two reaches a certain level, the so-called restraint relationship doesn't make much sense.

This is where the idiom "a drop in the bucket can make a difference" comes from.

"I feel that our advancement speed can be slowed down a little." Thirty-three interjected, "If the main force chooses to take a detour, it will take at least several hours to organize another attack on the ruins of the Ancient Bronze City."

[P.S. Thanks to the book friend Do I Understand the Truth for the 5,000 starting coins for the reward? Thanks to Wang Buchuan for the 100 starting coins for the reward. 】

[P.P.S. Thank you all for your concern and blessings. The results of the bone biopsy report came out today. After half a year, the MRD (microresidual disease) is still negative. It has been a full year and a half since the treatment. In addition to my weak immunity and weak physical strength, Other than that, everything is fine with me. 】